Grain Market Sluggish as Farmers Hold Back Supplies
Cedar Rapids inspector George W. Ramsey Jr reports grain receipts are about one third normal for the period. November and December show roughly fifty carloads daily versus 150 in typical seasons, with Iowa growers especially reluctant to market while Illinois oats move in. Moisture runs high and old corn dominates, reflecting low prices and hesitancy to sell.
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George W. Ramsey, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Illinois
Iowa
Prices for carrot fat cattle at International sale revealed
Union Stockyards Chicago reports 100 head sold at the International with 40 Angus 49 Herefords 10 Shorthorns and 1 Galloway. Prices ranged 7.50 to 15.50 per hundredweight, averaging 8.67, lower than last year’s 13.82 and the 10 year average 16.73. Yearling weights averaged 1030 pounds, 2-year-olds 1309 pounds.
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Union Stockyards
Chicago
the International
Poultry Show Set For Center Point This Week
Center Point plans its eleventh annual poultry show with entries closing Wednesday. Judge E D Manilaw of Cedar Rapids will pick prizes Thursday. Exhibits remain open to the public until Saturday. Barbara Durrow secretary. Demonstrations on poultry and egg grading to attract visitors. Dewey Termohlen and W R Whitfield of the Ames poultry department will speak Saturday on production and marketing concerns.
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Bpedal
Gazette
Center Point
E. D. Manilaw
Cedar Rapids
Center Point Poultry Association
Barbara Durow
Dewey Termohlen
W. R. Whitfield
Ames Poultry Husbandry Department
Linn County Farm Bureau Week Calendar
Linn county Farm Bureau week schedule lists events at Alburnett High School Marion Library Otter Creek and Linn townships Beaniesey cows meeting Memorial Hall Marion and Franklin 4-H girls club with several home project meetings and farm bureau board gatherings. Activities include training schools 1 pm sessions and township meetings across several locations.
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Linn Farm Bureau
Linn County Farm Bureau
Alburnett High School
Marion
Farm Bureau Board
Morion Keplervening
Otter Creek Township
Home Project
Linn Township
Clarence Neal
Marion Township Farm Bureau
Memorial Hall
Jackson Township
Farm Bureau
North Marion
Forest Hann
Franklin
Howard Neal
Team Brings $340 at Oxford Auction
A team of horses sold for 340 dollars at the public sale of Mrs Mildred Tomash at her farm north of Oxford. Old corn brought 15 cents and new corn 14 cents a bushel. Oats brought 13 cents. All livestock and machinery sold high.
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Oxford
Mildred Tomash
Johnson Test Ass'n Reorganizes Elect Mueller President
Members of the Johnson County Cow Test Association met at Sharon school for an oyster supper and re organization. George Mueller of Iowa City was elected president A E Reeve of Tiffin vice president and James Lacina of Iowa City secretary and treasurer. W P Male of Kalona H J Dane and S Hunter all of Iowa City are directors. Clarence Jensen was hired as tester for another year. The November report shows W P Mar ner had the high herd with 714 pounds milk and 40 4 pounds butterfat from ten Guernseys. second high herd owned by James Lacina Highcow at the state sanatorium herd Oakdale produced 2319 pounds milk and 83 5 pounds butterfat.
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Sharon
Johnson County
Sharon School
George Mueller
Iowa City
A. E. Reeve
Tiffin
James Lacina
W. P. Male
Kalona
H. J. Dane
S. Hunter
Clarence Jensen
James, Lacina
Highcow
Murray to Discuss Mortgage Situation At Shippers Session
Economists W G Murray and Sam H Thompson of Iowa State college appear at the Iowa Co operative Livestock Shippers annual meeting in Des Moines December 14 and 15. Murray discusses Farm Mortgage Situation and Thompson speaks on Co operative Education with a roster of speakers including W R Johnson Knute Espe and others.
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Knute Espe
Des Moines
William McArthur
Mason City
B. H. Neal
Mount Vernon
Matt Clark
Clarion
Martin Severson
Northwood
Ray Robbins
Clear Lake
A. V. Borman
Farm women craft thrift gifts for Christmas joy
Miss Gladys Adams leads Linn county Farm Bureau demonstrations on making cornhusk dolls, dog toys, and upcycled decorations from on hand materials. The sessions inspire gift ideas for Christmas as 134 local leaders educated 67 women in 17 follow ups, with many homes adopting these thrifty projects.
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Gladys Adams
Farm Bureau
W. C. Sheets
Marion
Minnesota
Linn County
Olin Farm Sells for 65 Per Acre
The 90 acre Hartwig property near the west edge of Olin sold this week to Melvin Starry of Onslow for 65 dollars per acre. The sale confirms a steady land market in the region.
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OLIN
Albert Hartwig
Melvin Starry
Onslow
Ackley Man Is Hired As Buttermaker At Winthrop
William F. Sharpe of Ackley becomes the new buttermaker at the Winthrop creamery succeeding Earl Morris. Lyle Capper takes the role of assistant buttermaker replacing Belden Lemons. Sharpe previously served as buttermaker here for several years before moving to Ackley.
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Ackley Man
Winthrop
William F. Sharpe
Ackley
Earl Morris
Winthrop Creamery
Lyle Capper
Belden Lemons
Mr. Sharpe
They Look Like Puppies in Watkins Mystery
Henry Voss near Watkins found seven pups buried two feet deep in his meadow. The mother dog foraged nearby but has not returned. The pups show unusual fur, persistent sharp claws, long teeth, and eight small front teeth, suggesting they are not ordinary dogs.
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the Gazette
Watkins
Picure
Henry Voss
Home Grown Cereal Project Meetings Planned This Week
Miss Gladys Adams announces Linn county training schools for home grown cereal products. Meetings set for Monday 1 p m at Alburnett high school and Tuesday 1 p m in Marion Library basement. Leaders of civic and rural groups will attend as part of emergency Farm Bureau projects. Budget guidance covers five to six person families and canned foods from last summer.
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Alburnett High School
Marion Library
Gladys Adams
Linn County
Farm Bureau
Corn And Legume Show At Olin Jan 3-5
The Jones county Corn and Legume show is scheduled for January 3 through 5 at the Olin high school auditorium. Corn exhibits will be township based with commercial and ten car sample classes. Juniors in 4-H or vocational agriculture will compete after a corn variety test plot. County wide soy bean red clover alfalfa and hay classes. Vocational schools compete January 4 with an adult judging contest January 5. Shelled and ear corn wheat barley oats and clover seed judged.
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Olin
Jones County
Olin High School
Stronger Tone To Boston Wool Market Indicates
Boston wool buyers showed broad interest in the last week with inquiries across various types. Sales of 56s and 48 50s fleeces and finer western wools rose, boosting market tone while some houses held firmer on prices though overall activity remains keen and sellers refrain from pushing sales.
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Boston
Four County Farm Records Group Meets To Discuss Tax Revisions
The Four County Farm Records Group met in Ackley to discuss tax revisions and cash rent adjustments. Leaders William McArthur Fred R Mitchell and L G Allbaugh spoke on credit councils and planning farm business operations for the coming year.
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Ackley
Four County Farm Business Association
William McArthur
Cerro Gordo County
Fred R. Mitchell
New Providence
Hardin County Farm Bureau
L. G. Allbaugh
Ames
Herriott
Farm Business Associations
Iowa
John M. Hunt
George L. R. Humke
Franklin County
K B. Meickley
Aplington
Grundy County
M. A. Lauterback
Iowa Falls
Hardin County
W. 8
Austin
Dumont
Butler County
L. G. Scallon
Terry Grice
Geneva
John L. Clarke
Conrad
E. F. Morris
Paris Pony Goes To School Long Enough For Sheepskin
Prince the 30 year old pony owned by P C Bremer in Paris suburbs has completed all grades up to high school but never received a diploma. He carried Bremer children to school for sixteen years and later helped in a dairy firm before joining a wild west show after a theft.
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Paris
Gazette
Prince
Central City
Coggon
P. C
Pete” Bremer
Bremer
Chicago
Mr. Bremer
Tlinois Metropolis
Bremers
Actes
3 Day Husking Bee At Mechanicsville Farm
Friends and relatives helped Virgil Fisher on the Fred Fisher farm farming week. Fisher is in a hospital at Iowa City. Over 3 000 bushels of corn were shocked in three days with Clarence Andre unloading by elevator.
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Mechanicsville
Fred Fisher
Women Cook Prepare Meals for Event Pantry
Mrs Maggie Saum Mrs Ed Fisher Mrs Svenksen Mrs Kathryn Hines Mrs Elizabeth Dennis Mrs Ed Dauber and Mrs Fred Fisher prepared the cooking. John DeWald delivered the groceries to the cooks.
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Maggie Saum
Ed Fisher
Svenksen
Kathryn Hines
Elizabeth Dennis
Ed Dauber
Fred Fisher
John DeWald
Farm Bureau Delegation Heads to Chicago Convention
Iowa federation officers and a large farmer delegation travel to the American Farm Bureau federation annual convention in Chicago starting December 5. Charles E. Hearst leads Iowa officials as voting delegates include Fletcher Copes Earl Elijah Clarence E Houston and Hearst. Mahaska county’s Mrs John Jackson won the state Farm Bureau women’s public speaking contest and will compete nationally. The West Pottawattamie male quartet champions will also represent Iowa at the national event.
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DES Moines
Iowa Federation
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Charles E. Hearst
Iowa
Fletcher Copes
Ottumwa
Earl Elijah
Clarence
E. H. Houston
Dunlap
Hearst
John Jackson
Mahaska County
Farm Bureau
West Pottawattamie
State Farm Bureau
Tipton Creameryman Heads Unit 13 Of Buttermakers Ass'n
A. B. Salisbury of Tipton was elected president of Unit 13 of the State Buttermakers' Association at its annual meeting. Karl Knutson of Anamosa became vice president, Lyle Capper of Lisbon secretary and treasurer. Twelve meetings were planned for the year, four open to the public, with Cedar Rapids favored as the 1933 convention site. The next Unit 13 meeting is set for January 8 in Anamosa.
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Unit 13
Anamosa
Fall Poultry Shipments At Oelwein Total 9 Tons
A local produce buyer reports nine tons of live poultry shipped from Oelwein in the fall. Prices ranged for heavy hens eight cents a pound, heavy springs seven, Leghorn hens six, Leghorn springs five. Eggs sold at 33 cents a dozen for firsts and 27 cents for seconds, dropping to 30 and 24 cents on Friday.
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Oelwein
Delmar Hog Market Tops Chicago Bid at 3.45 A CWT
William Kauffman of Delmar led the Chicago market with sixty six Spotted Poland hogs weighing 145 pounds each selling for 3.45 dollars per hundredweight. The sale shows strong demand for medium weight hogs and highlights regional livestock pricing.
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Gazette
Delmar
William Kauffman
Chicago
Corn Huskers On Home Stretch In Local Harvest
In Delaware a small portion of corn remains to be husked as farm women join the fall harvest. Cribs are full and temporary shelters filled with yields between fifty and ninety bushels per acre. Tipton reports high quality corn averaging sixty five bushels per acre and widespread cribbing in the next ten days if weather holds. At Ralph Wingert farm surplus is raised to the barn second floor. Wingert nears harvest on over 250 acres with little hired help due to low prices. In Montour a group husked forty five acres at the Hoskey farm, where Mrs Hoskey underwent a surgical operation and Mr Hoskey injured a hand. Mechanicsville sees ground thawed for finish of good plowing as corn shocks are completed and gardens spaded. Everett Puffer reports seventy acres of soybeans at thirty bushels per acre. Milo Carroll and Lewis Aaron send hogs to Clinton, selling at 3.05 per hundredweight. Aaron’s twenty head at 230 pounds and Carroll’s fifty-one head at 250 pounds.
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Delaware
Tipton
Ralph Wingert
Wingert
Gazette
Montour
Albert Hoskey
Hoskey
the Gazette
Mechanicsville
Everett Puffer
Milo Carroll
Lewis Aaron
Clinton
Mr. Aaron
Mr. Carroll
Denver Livestock Rates Hearings Target Through Freight Policy
H R Park of the Chicago Livestock commission testifies that current through rates and sale in transit favor eastern markets over Chicago and Midwest buyers. A Denver exchange official estimates annual losses of two million dollars from eliminating sale in transit. Dozens of railroads are named as defendants in a hearing led by examiner William A Disque.
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Denver Livestock Exchange
Illiam A. Disque
Farm Business Group Set to Meet Friday in Cedar Rapids
J J Wallace of Marion route man for the Cedar Valley Farm Business Records association announces the annual meeting scheduled next Friday at the Cedar Rapids YMCA. W G Murray of the Ames agriculture economics department will speak.
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J. J.wallace
Marion
Cedar Valley Farm Business Records Association
Cedar Rapids Y. M. C
W. G. Murray
Ames agri-+ cae economics
Will Spea
Maquoreta Dyer Sells 273-Pound Durocs at Chicago Market
Roy Dyer of Jackson County and partner sold fifteen Duroc hogs averaging 273 pounds each at the Chicago market for 3.90 a hundredweight.
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Maquoreta
Roy Dyer
Jackson County
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